After being all by myself this week, I thought I do a little shopping   
I always wear long (ankle long) skirts to hide my big ol' knees & legs.  So I never really paid any attention to pants or even jeans. Well after strolling through the store, my eyes catched a jeans and I thought "yeah, yeah, like that looks good on you" but somehow I could not resist and had to try them on   
No clue what size I would need, I took the 20, 18 and 16 and of course started with the 20 --> too big YAY! 
then I tried on the 18  --> was o.k. but already to big around the waist YAYYY !! 
I ended up buying the 16 which is a bit tight around the thighs but overall fits and I thought a few more weeks and it'll be just right. 
Since not wearing a  J-E-A-N-S in almost 15 YEARS, I feel great about it and thought I share my little secret